Digital Realty Breaks Ground on New Data Centre Campus in Dublin
September 2014 by Marc Jacob
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. announced that Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD broke ground on Digital Realty’s 10 acre data centre site at Profile Park, West Dublin. The ground-breaking ceremony marked the start of the construction of the first of up to eight 10,000 square foot Turn-Key Flex? data centre suites across four building on the campus site that will support up to 2 MW of IT load each. The global provider of data centre solutions also announced that it expects to employ as many as 150 construction workers on the project.
Digital Realty’s announcement further reinforces Ireland’s standing as a leading international location for data centres. Digital Realty’s clients include global corporations, IT managed services and cloud providers, financial institutions, and multinational technology firms. Upon completion, the four building campus will total approximately 193,000 gross square feet, with a total IT capacity of over 15 MW.